Side Story 26: Monster Parade And When The Dungeon Breaks

At the entrance of the dungeon, A pretty sizable group composed of Loki's executives along with Ein's family were preparing to go inside.

"Yosh, now let's get this over with. We don't know how many floors this place has. We're on time attack, this dungeon needs a Speedrun." Musubi boxed the air and her sisters agreed.

"I can feel the malicious monsters inside, they want out." Haku's fox ears twitched and she held on to her blade.

"Haku's correct, nya. I can smell them, they're trying to get out." Tora who was really sensitive to danger started sprouting her horns on her forehead, but Anahaat quickly hid them and made it go back.

"Yosh, chichi-ue has given us his orders. These foul beasts shall taste our blade." Izumi's pupils turned to slits and they were like going to war.

"Uhhh, let's go everyone." Finn felt that they were too serious, but he remembered how monsters could get a drop on anyone inside the dungeon. No matter how strong they are. Even the best adventurers could fall in the dungeon.

"Stay close to us and we will look over you guys, go crazy in the first few floors of the dungeon. But when we go lower, listen to us okay?" Riveria was acting like a mother. She was quite old after all at 92 years old. And when they learned that the girls were still kids, she started seeing attributes of kids too. Even though they were ridiculously too intelligent at times.

"Ohhh!" The kids cheered and the Kaslana girls were the first ones that immediately came inside the dungeon.

"Riveria-san, I wonder. What is the record for a person achieving level 2 as an adventurer here in Orario?" Akira asked and Bellatrix's ears twitched when she heard her sister's question.

Unfortunately, or hilariously. The rivalry of their mothers, Yae and Kallen were inherited by the two. Especially whenever their mothers taught them how to fight.

"Hmm, the record currently is actually 1 year Bellatrix. She's a member of our familia, named Ais Wallenstein. She's pretty aloof and awkward, wanting nothing more but to dive in the dungeon and get stronger." Riveria gave a smile, but it was strained. They couldn't stop Ais from being a maniac that only trains.

"I see, girls. You already know what that means. We're going to level up in a week." Akira announced to her sisters and they burned with determination.

Riveria, Finn, and Gareth thought they were joking. Ais who dived in the dungeon like crazy only leveled up to 2 after a year. But they did not know that their falna was special and every girl can view their excelia gain like an exp bar.

And they also have a special innate skill of course, called Apex of Evolution: As a being that stands in the zenith of the food chain. Any being that is killed or consumed by the user will turn into sustenance. Physical, mental, and spiritually.

They devour the whole being of their enemies, even their souls. Ultimate predators that feasts on their prey, leaving nothing behind but a husk after they feed.

After walking inside for a few seconds. Tora, their scout stopped anf her cute cat ears twitched. The walls of the dungeon then distorted and birthed a lot of goblins, numbering several dozen. Surprising the executives.

The dungeon is a living being, it feeds off the energy of those who are killed inside of it. So it subconsciously spawned many monsters to try and get their delicious energy.

Everyone used their earlier strategy in the surface and split themselves into 3 groups again. But it was more narrow right now so Laplace couldn't use her grenades.

The Kaslana girls brandished their weapons and they brought out real ones instead of their flimsy swords. Alexis took out a huge hammer that looked like it weighed a ton.

Bellatrix materialized a massive hunk of metal that had rocket thrusters at the spine. Only a small portion of the edge was sharpened while the body of the huge sword is thick. It was even heavier than Alexis' weapon. (pic)

Argento and Arcene used similar weapons but were opposite in their base forms. The charge blade and switch axe respectively.

The vanguard girls were wielding siege weapons rated for elder dragons that have scales stronger than the best steel. With carapaces that could crash against boulders at breakneck speeds and not even have a dent. Muscles so dense, they're like plates of steel.

"Ora! Die you green skins!" Alexis leaped at the center of their formation and targeted the strongest looking one that wielded a sword.

Her hammer was like a meteor and it smushed the goblin like the creature was made of pudding. Creating a shockwave and destroying the balance of every goblin in the area.

Bellatrix wasn't hindered by her great sword and clicked the switch on it. The engines at the back roared and she swung it horizontally. Like a guillotine, the massive hunk of steel cleaved through dozens of them mercilessly. Their bodies exploding from the impact and showering the dungeon walls with blood and guts.

"Don't leave us behind!" Argento and Arcene morphed their weapons. The former swinging a huge axe that spewed out lightning everywhere. While the latter's weapon turned into a blade that got superheated, the blade glowing a bright orange as she cleaved through anything like a hot knife through butter.

"Heh, they're getting really excited. We in the back line can't do much really." Musubi smiled and shrugged. But they were going to get the next wave for sure.

"Hmph, at least let us fight a bit too." The commando unit brandished their katanas and Shenlong took out some oversized tonfas.

Shen used the mechanisms of her tonfas and it released a huge blast of air behind her. Sending her in the fray. She then swung the tonfa on the head of a goblin and it exploded like a watermelon piñata.

"This... This is a monster party right?" Riveria got nervous at first, seeing the hundreds of goblins that erupted from the dungeon walls. It was like the dungeon is trying to kill them immediately.

"Yes, but can you see those things they're wielding? I don't know about you, but even Ottar can't swing that thing like that." Finn saw the heavy weapons of the vanguard and thought they would be perfect for monster rexes.

"Gareth, you think you can block Bellatrix any of their attacks?" Finn asked his friend that was the tank of their familia.

"Hell no, you crazy? Goblins explode upon contact with Bellatrix's swings with her SWORD, Alexis makes tremors with her hammer, and those twins have very dangerous weapons that are hyperspecialized against heavily armored enemies." Gareth can imagine that he would shatter when the giant great sword hits him.

"And Shenlong, that girl has such high control over her body. She's the perfect duelist, humanoid enemies will be under her mercy." Riveria thought of the boss in the 37th floor.

"Their offensive strength is off the charts. They're level 1 right?" Finn was dumbfounded and if all level 1 adventurers were like this. Then the dungeon would be toast.

"Kyahahaha! This is really fun, now I know why Anahaat-nee always kills those cultivators." Alexis started cleaning her hammer, the monster guts and gore might have disappeared. But it was still a good habit to clean and maintain weapons.

"Umu, now you understand the greatness of killing things." Anahaat smiled and thought that her sisters will be joining her later in her quests to kill all the arrogant cultivators in the omniverse.

"Hahaha, yeah. Especially when they explode whenever my sword hits them." Bellatrix gave a toothy smile and put her massive sword on her shoulder.

"No fair, you guys used aoe attacks to kill the majority of them at once! We wanted to slice them up to pieces." The swords women were upset at the vanguard.

"Ey, no fighting. Don't worry, we'll just leave the next waves to the other groups." Celeste chided them and the commandos grumbled except Shenlong.

"Okay, girls. Let's continue our way down, you guys fine?" Riveria asked and they nodded. So the group continued their slaughter through the floors.

They were like meat grinders and the enemies got shredded without much trouble. The back line pelted the enemies with overwhelming ranged firepower.

Laplace laughed like a maniac as she had two machine guns on her hands. "Eat lead you filthy casuals! Kyahahaha!"

Vesta sniped high value targets with her bow and Musubi enchanted their projectiles. Turning them into HE rounds that exploded once they enter their enemies.

Aurum manipulated vibrations and made her enemies implode from the inside. While Celeste used her discipline on the monsters and made the strongest ones rampage.

Dungeon lizards, kobolds, goblins. The dungeon spawned them like candy and their corpses scattered throughout the halls. It was pure chaos, their supposed baby sitters can't believe how unlucky they were.

"Ooh! I found another one of these chickens!" Alexis caught a chicken with yellow and green feathers. Making it the 7th time in a row, that was just for her though. And all the Kaslana sisters found a lot of them too.

"Oh my god, how many golden eggs have they got now?" Gareth could only exclaim at their heavenly luck.

"That makes it 31. Damn, these kids are rich as hell now. But something is weird, the monsters they killed don't give any magic stones.

The kids then gathered and started managing their loot. With how many monsters always tried to drown them. They of course got tons of drop items to sell at the guild later.

"Hehe~ It says here in my stats that I got SS rank on all of my parameters! I just need a few hundred more to reach SSS rank." Bellatrix gave a smug smile.

"Oh yeah? My strength parameter is already SSS! And the others are SS, so I'm better." Alexis puffed her chest and the sisters started quarreling.

"Hey, I don't know if you just heard that. But can they see their excelia gains?" Finn frowned heavily and looked at Riveria. It was a well known fact that only your god can see that.

"Yes. I thought I was hallucinating, but they're getting into a dick measuring contest with their excelia right now..." Riveria squinted her eyes at the kids.

Gareth then clapped and the kids looked at them with raised brows. "Everyone... Can you see your excelia gain and stats?" Riveria asked with her hands trembling a bit.

"Umu, we can see it of course. Can't you guys see yours? I can see that you guys are pretty close to breakthrough. You guys have some nice skills too, but just our mana rule beats all of it." Anahaat explained to Riveria and the elf was shocked out of her mind.

"Listen girls... Never, ever talk to anyone about that. You'll be targeted by people." Riveria furrowed her brows and told them seriously.

"Why though?" The girls tilted their heads and was confused. Parties that raids dungeons need information about everyone and they thought it was stupid to not tell someone what you can do.

"Hah, that's the problem... I can see in your eyes that you think it's ridiculous that we would hide our strength, even to friendlies. But it's not that simple, even if they're your friends, they can still divulge that information and it will be used against you." Finn explained pretty well.

"For real? Are mortals really that unreliable? Or they betray everyone every time? Will you guys do that?" The Kaslana sisters squinted their eyes at them and were getting pretty agitated.

Tora was already showing her horn and sprouting her draconic tail. Black scales replaced the skin on her limbs and her fingers turned into claws. Her pupils dilated and she watched their every move, ready to assassinate them if their muscles even twitched slightly wrong.

"No! No. We're just telling you girls. Geez didn't your dad and mom tell you not to talk about secrets like that?" Finn immediately felt his thumb tremble and he saw Tora's extreme change. Looking at them like they were dead meat if they tried to escape.

"Huh. Dad and our moms didn't really. Is it that bad? What would they even do anyway if they knew our levels?" Musubi had a question mark above her head and Vesta sighed.

She was the most socially developed daughter after all. "It means that people will get greedy and try to find loopholes against us. Any weakness, any advantage they can use. Just so they could potentially enslave us or use us for their own benefit." Vesta taught her sisters and they were outraged.

"What!? People in this world are like that? Then let's tell dad to undo our seals and let's kill them all!" Akira and Haku thought that they were dishonorable and deserve death.

"Stooop! Stop, let's calm down for a moment. You guys did it again, we aren't really that close and you guys divulged information to us. It's safe with us because our familias are in a solid alliance." Finn started sweating heavily and didn't tell them that they won't even try using the information against them because they are too scared at the implications of their words.

"That's right, you can't just tell people that. Calm down and think real well before you guys talk okay? Or just talk about it in private, don't let strangers know things about you that you know can be used against you." Gareth smiled wryly and educated them.

The girls nodded and decided to be more careful. Their powers are sealed and they might be strong still. But the three were right, now that they think about it. Even their sisters take advantage of them sometimes so what more of strangers.

"Alright, thanks for that information. We'll keep it to heart, isn't that right girls?" Celeste looked at her sisters and they nodded immediately. Not really wanting their sister to ban them from their hobbies or something.

They then continued their descent to the dungeon and the girls felt a bit closer to the trio.

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Meanwhile, in the deeper floors of the dungeon. Evilus was making a huge ass train of monsters, consisting of hobgoblins, wyverns, infant dragons, swarms of deadly hornets, etc.

They would unleash all of the monsters to their enemies when the perfect time comes. The party of adventurers were already at the wall of grief in the 17th floor. Fighting the Goliath, Evilus thought that they will surely go deeper and probably stop at the large tree labyrinth at the 19th-24th floors. Because the 25th-27th floor is too hazardous for the newbies.

"Kukukuku~ They might be level 5, but they have to protect the level 1's. With a monster parade this huge, they'll be quickly overwhelmed." A member of Evilus cackled as they thought they would be ridding of a major threat today quite easily.

And at the 17th floor the group was already fighting the Goliath. The commando squad was given the privilege of fighting it after they have won against all others in their rock paper scissors tourney.

"Shenlong! We'll be cutting its tendons, prepare yourself and attack the weakspots of the enemy!" Akira shouted out and the three sword users brandished their blades.

Shenlong nodded and prepared herself, tension filled her body as she looked at the head of the large, humanoid monster.

Akira and Haku went to the monster's heel and cut off the tendons there, making it stop as it could not exert force on its feet. They then leapt and cut the tendons at the back of its knee. The Goliath kneeled down and Izumi struck.

The Goliath supported its body with one of its hands and Izumi cut off the arm from the shoulder. It roared from the pain and was trying to regenerate its cut tendons so it could move.

But it was really vulnerable and Shenlong dashed at its exposed head like a spring. She then whacked it at its temple left and right, shattering its skull.

Shenlong then sucked in a huge breath and gave out a string of combos really quickly. She ended it by using the tonfas' ability to suck in air and crashed against the Goliath's head all in one breath, making it explode from the violent blows and shockwaves.

"Phew, good hunting girls." Shenlong wiped the sweat on her brow as she needed quite the strength and stamina to stay airborne and hit the enemy specifically for maximum effectiveness of her combos.

"Umu, nice work everyone. Let us rest then, we have been fighting for a few hours already." Izumi sheathed her sword and the girls huddled up.

They discussed their so called exp bars of excelia. More quietly of course, with the waves of monsters that kept on trying to drown them. The girls received tons of excelia from the monsters.

All of them had no limits to their parameters and could increase them forever, become the strongest level 1 adventurers. But Ein put a soft cap on them and limited it to 9999 on every single one.

They've already reached it and in their words, everything must be max before they would level up. Because that's what gamers do.

Riveria, Gareth, and Finn thought they were monsters. They never imagined that a group of level 1's could kill the Goliath that was a level 4 monster quite easily.

But they attributed it to their unique weapons that can cut down anything or smash enemies in their wake. If they took it away and they used normal ones, the girls would be comparable to mid level 3's already.

"Good job, girls. You have quite the knack on coordinating with each other." Riveria praised them and the girls gave a peace sign.

"Hehe~ it's because we're awesome! But it would be nice if we could use our noble phantasms. I can already see this dungeon burn to the ground!" Musubi laughed and imagined using Vasavi Shakti

on the dungeon.

"Hey, isn't it like 12 in the afternoon already? Then let's welcome mama Rita, she'll probably serve us some tea because dad can't do it right now." Anahaat took out a table from her inventory and their three escorts were confused.

They saw them take out things from out of nowhere before. But a damn table while they were in the middle of the dungeon was crazy.

"Who is this Rita you talk about, girls?" Riveria asked as she was quite curious. Not sure how that person will come to them and make them tea. She was elf royalty, but not even her can expect such grandiose treatment.

"That would be me, Riveria-san. My husband and master has already informed me of you people. Thank you for looking after the girls." Rita appeared from behind of them out of nowhere and scared the crap out of the three.

"Ahhh, yes, yes... We're just doing what's expected of us in our deal." Riveria gave a wry smile and thought that nobody that was affiliated with them is normal.

The Loki familia executives then suddenly smelled food, sweets, and tea. They looked at the table and saw Rita sipping some tea elegantly while the other kids enjoyed lunch.

"What are you waiting for? Please do indulge yourselves for some afternoon tea. It's first flush Darjeeling, quite the appropriate black tea for a boost of energy no?" Rita smiled at them and the trio felt like they were peasants.

"Ahhhh, thank you very much then." Finn and Gareth looked at each other and went sheepish at the elite level tea party.

Riveria was more comfortable, but she was definitely not used to it after leaving her home forest and adventuring for a long time.

And after Rita finished her cup of tea, she suddenly disappeared like a ghost. Making the three nervous, thinking she was an assassin or something.

"Ahhh, mama Rita's tea is always splendid as always. It warms me up and it always compliments the food." Aurum nodded in satisfaction, being the most elegant one because of Eden's influence.

"Hey, you think they're royalty or something?" Gareth whispered to Finn and the shouta looked at his friend like he was an idiot.

"They're obviously special Gareth. They have no common sense, they have no sense of danger, and they are happy go lucky even inside the dungeon." Finn sighed and thought this might be more complicated.

"We need to teach them better, Finn. They are not only probably important people. They are promising adventurers as well that can lead Orario to the deepest depths of the dungeon. Their potential is insane, I would say they're like legendary heroes that are just starting their adventure." Riveria uttered seriously.

Finn and Gareth nodded, gesturing to Riveria to start. Riveria raised a brow and silently asked why they threw that responsibility to her.

"Well, you're the oldest one here, right?" Gareth gave a smile and Riveria's brows twitched, she whacked him on the head with her staff and sighed.

"Hey, everyone. We observed how you guys handled the dungeon earlier. While it was impressive and quite appropriate. That won't work when unseen circumstances happen." Riveria huddled them up and started her lecture about how to be first class adventurers.

They were insanely smart anyway and won't forget anything that was told to them. But what they needed was for it to be interesting. Though it was about the dungeon, so they listened intently.

After resting for a bit and listening to Riveria. They were now ready to go to the lower floors of the dungeon. Armed with new information and a full stomach.

"Yosh, you're pretty smart Riveria-san. I guess wisdom does come with age. After all, dad is more than 50 millennia years old." Laplace nodded sagely and thought that they did forget about traps and the like.

Riveria kept her cool, but she was more shocked than anything. Learning that Laplace's father was ancient.

"Who is your father anyway, guys?" Riveria had a feeling, but that was impossible. Gods can't have children.

"Umu, it is that cool guy Ein. He's our dad, though mom isn't here right now." Laplace replied and was busy making some gadgets for sticky situations.

Riveria almost choked, but she calmed herself and would talk about this with Loki later.

"Laplace, don't tell anyone that okay? Not that people would believe you guys. But that's pretty dangerous information." Riveria frowned and Laplace tilted her head in confusion.

"Geez, I should probably teach you guys all about this world for starters. You don't know anything about this place, don't you?" Riveria thought that they just spout out ridiculous things like that was because they did not know much about the common sense of their world.

"That's right, now that you say it. We don't really know much about this place." Vesta nodded and would change that later when they surface again.

After some time, they finally reached the 24th floor of the dungeon. Finn noted that it would be unwise to continue further and the party rested for a bit before they return to the surface.

But Tora's ears suddenly twitched madly. "Tora, what's wrong?" Vesta who was pretty sensitive about the condition of her sisters noticed immediately.

Tora sniffed the air and her pupils dilated. "Vesta, there's a huge amount of monsters that are currently surrounding our position." Tora's fur bristled up and everybody started getting into position.

"Quick, let's get into a choke point! I have an idea and we need to barricade ourselves so we won't get overwhelmed!" Laplace shouted out and Tora quickly guided them to a place where she saw that it could be a nice choke point.

They were located on a bridge like structure and it was a straight up 90° cliff on the sides. Making the bridge the only way you can enter if you don't want to climb or if you can't fly.

Laplace then started setting up sentries of machine guns in the area and loaded them up with tons of bullets.

Tora set up some mines on the bridge and would blow it up to kingdom come when tons of monsters decided to use it.

Shenlong now took out a spear and the commando unit used odachis to have more reach. The girls quickly prepared for a siege and the Loki trio were impressed. But they prepared themselves as well as they saw the horde of enemies that appeared.

"Damn, this is going to be a fight." Finn frowned heavily and saw that there were hundreds of monsters that have more potential than minotaurs. Level 2 monsters in the dungeon that they fought earlier.

"Back line, start firing the mortars!" Laplace ordered and the back line began feeding the mortars ammunition.

The trio looked at the metal tubes curiously and was surprised by the power it packed. But they thought that the small projectiles they launched with it were pretty useless.

But it suddenly hit the ground at the middle of the enemy lines. With a resounding explosion, the monsters were hit by strong explosions.

The enemies were still far away and everybody started firing the 120mm mortar systems like clockwork. Explosions killed tons of monsters and they tasted the might of artillery.

Stacks of explosive rounds were being made in real time by Laplace. She supplied them quickly, but she of course got exhausted after a few minutes as her mana wasn't that high yet. And creating things with it had high expenditure.

"Hah, hah. They're at least 500 meters away, start blasting them with the guns!" Laplace shouted out and took a rest for a bit.

The girls then manned their stations after the mortars were all used up. They began firing their machine guns at the enemies and the trio thought that their weaponry were scary.

Rhythmic machine gun fire killed the monsters in droves. Ripping them apart and the wounded ones got trampled by the stampede.

"Riveria, start chanting your largest aoe magic... They're dying like flies, but their numbers are still great. It's insane!" Finn bit his nails and held on to his spear tightly.

The elf nodded and started chanting her most destructive spell, Rea Laevateinn. And thanks to her skill, fairy anthem. The longer she chanted, the stronger it would be. And she had tons of time to chant.

The girls held the line and no monster could get close for a few minutes, but they inevitably ran out of ammo and tons of brass shells were around them. Molten barrels were scattered as well from the intense amounts of heat their guns created.

There were still swarms of enemies approaching them. And everybody got tense, waiting for them to overrun the bridge that was filled with explosives.

"Now!" After waiting, Tora shouted out after she jumped up high and saw that the monsters grouped up a lot.

"My name is Alf! Rea Laevateinn!" A magic circle appeared and the air ignited, a storm of flames began devouring everything in the area and explosions resounded aplenty from the bombs.

Screams and roars of the monsters were heard and they suddenly went quiet after a few seconds. But Riveria was surprised, as her magic also acted as a radar that could locate enemies that were inside the effects limitedly. But they kept on dogpiling themselves. Like the monsters were not even decreasing.

The girls then quickly broke through their level 1 status and turned to level 2. They did not need any breakthroughs because they were already at the apex.

Everybody then prepared their weapons, Anahaat and Musubi rallied them up. "Sisters, today. We fight for survival, kill these wretched beasts." Anahaat squinted her eyes and wielded a bastard sword in both hands for maximum damage and kill potential.

"Our mana rule leveled up and we also received a new skill. Use it well, everybody." Musubi cheered them on and they shouted out fervently.

The new skill they obtained was Overdrive: When used, boosts the skillbearer's stats in proportion to the amount of mana used.

It was basically a reinforcement skill. It is a highly dangerous skill that can make even the most skillful adventurers explode when they lose even a fraction of their control of their mana.

It gives exponential increases to stats based on how much mana you use. It was virtually limitless, if you have absolute control that is. It also needs a strong body as a base because you will overclock it to ridiculous levels.

A simple, but extremely effective skill. "Chaaaaarge!" Argento and Arcene jumped to the fray, the ground still smoldering from Riveria's Rea Laevateinn.

The Loki trio found this scene quite bizarre, seeing newbies that only wore casual clothes into the dungeon charge into hordes of monsters.

"Let's go Gareth! We need to cut their numbers down as much as possible and make a path to escape!" Finn followed suit with Gareth.

Riveria stayed with Aurum, Musubi, Celeste, and Vesta. The back line squad started pelting the enemies with arrows, lightning, and fire.

Riveria chanted another spell and gave them a boost on their physical and magical resistances with Veil Breath.

The girls went on a rampage and started killing anything on sight. It was like a war inside the dungeon. Monsters vs adventurers, overwhelming numbers against the elite.

Bones were crushed, limbs flew away, and blood poured out like a fountain. The vanguard was bathed in red from the amount of blood they spilled.

The dungeon's floor was painted a bright red from blood, yellow and green body fluids from insects also splattered around.

Gareth and Finn were surprised that the girls became faster and stronger. But they quickly rid themselves of useless thoughts and started killing things faster and faster.

With Finn's skill, Pallum spirit. He began gaining more strength because of the pinch they were in. They might be strong adventurers, but even the strong can get exhausted and fall to numbers.

Gareth used his magic, Earth Raid and destroyed the ground so they would be able to deal with them more easily. The terrain advantage proved to be useful and the monsters couldn't dogpile them.

The vanguard team's weapons shone on the battlefield when they battled against legions of monsters. Argento's charge blade mowed them down, Arcene's switch axe too.

Alexis changed her weapon and used a longsword. Quite similar to Akira, Haku, and Izumi. But they focused more and technique.

Adventurers saw the huge horde of monsters and quickly reported it to the guild. The party fought on and on, but the monsters kept on appearing like a flood.

After an hour, they were getting backed into a corner and started using hit and run tactics to recover strength. They were riddled with wounds and Riveria was almost hitting mind zero from overusing her magic.

"This is going nowhere! We need to annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Vesta shot crystal arrows behind her. But the monsters weren't letting up and they just kept on increasing.

"Shit, if this continues. We will die in here..." Finn frowned heavily and Riveria looked at Finn who has a certain glint in his eyes.

"Finn, you can't use that to open up a path for us." Riveria glared at him. They lost their opportunity to break through earlier because the vanguard kept on standing still and they just held the line instead of advancing.

Finn was thinking of using his magic, Hell Finegas to elevate his stats to level 6 and open a path for them. Whilst also acting as the rearguard so the monster parade won't leak through Rivira. The safe point at the 18th floor.

"Hey, Laplace. You've been resting for quite some time. You think you're filled up now?" Musubi asked Laplace and she nodded.

"About 3/4ths there." Laplace then saw the crazy grin on her sister's face and understood the assignment. "You crazy girl. I'm in."

"Everyone, funnel your magic into Laplace. Finn, Gareth, Riveria, split up and lure them into a single area as much as possible. We'll be doing a fireworks display." Musubi ordered and the Loki trio nodded.

Riveria didn't have much mana left, but she could still run around. Especially because she didn't exert much physical strength earlier anyways.

While Gareth altered the terrain to trap the monsters as much as possible. They weren't intelligent enough to notice it anyway.

With their mana rule, the girls funneled their mana into Laplace. She then started creating a pretty strong explosive.

A GBU-43/B MOAB. Massive ordnance air blast. The Kaslana sisters then started to haul it and would throw it at the center of the enemies.

"Riveria! Chant your strongest barrier magic, it doesn't matter if you reach mind down! We'll blast these bastards to kingdom come!" Musubi shouted out and Riveria started chanting while Gareth and Finn held the monsters inside a sizeable circle of altered terrain.

"Tora, you're the fastest among us. Carry them here as quickly as possible once Gareth seals the cage." Anahaat ordered and Tora prepared herself with her meager amount of mana left.

"Fire in the hole! Gareth, seal them up good!" The Kaslana sisters threw the payload like a javelin and it struck the middle of the crowd.

Gareth casted his magic and destroyed the choke point where the monsters can exit. Tora then extracted them with blinding speed and Riveria casted her barrier magic while she sweated.

Laplace erected a thick concrete wall that had steel plates inside for reinforcement. They hid behind the wall and Celeste threw an orb of electricity towards the warhead.

The monsters looked at the little ball of energy and it sailed through the air relatively slowly. "Brace for impact!" Everyone pushed on the wall to brace themselves and the bomb exploded.

With an explosion that has never been seen before inside the dungeon. The whole floor shaked and the shockwave brought down the trees and greenery inside the 24th floor.

The Evilus mobs that were watching them and would swoop in after they were completely exhausted got killed by the shockwave.

The party felt their bodies shake from the impact and was forunately safe because of Laplace's thick wall of concrete while a huge boulder was in front of them too.

Riveria went limp and was catched by Gareth as she entered mind down. Her barrier helped them not to have ruptured eardrums as well and Aurum redirected the shockwave as much as she could.

"Kyahahaha! That was awesome!" Laplace laughed and her sisters started laughing too. Finn and Gareth looked at the destruction and got really anxious about their potential for chaos and mass destruction.

Everybody then started to sit down and breathe. The monsters were wiped out of course. Not a single buzz of a deadly bee was within earshot.

But the dungeon received tons of damage. And it was a living being, and living beings have defense mechanisms. The dungeon wall cracked open and a black monster with red eyes appeared. Looking like a huge ant. A juggernaut.

"What the hell is that?" Gareth started getting nervous and Finn felt his thumb tremble violently. "That thing is extremely dangerous! We need to get out of here immediately! GO, GO GO!" Finn ordered with extreme urgency.

They tried escaping, but a juggernaut that spawned in a lower floor like the 24th was much stronger. It was a level 6 killing machine that cannot be affected by magic much with its carapace.

The juggernaut scuttled very quickly and Alexis thought extremely quickly. She materialized one of her equipments. A huge tower shield and a lance on her other hand.

She crouched down on the ground and planted her shield. The limb of the juggernaut crashed onto the aegis and created a shockwave. It was intent on mowing them down, but Alexis stopped it with her quick thinking.

"Magic spear, penetrate my forehead offering blood." Finn chanted his magic and his body received a burst of strength. Not seeing any way they can escape it without fighting.

The little Pallum turned into a berserker and started wailing on the enemy with his spear. Quickly losing his judgement in exchange for power.

Monsters though, were different than people even if they were at the same level. As its carapace didn't receive much damage from Finn's violent attacks.

Gareth immediately destroyed the ground again to put the juggernaut in a precarious situation. But it suddenly jumped up and clung to the walls like a spider.

Vesta sniped it with extreme accuracy and speed on the joints on its limbs. Making the monster drop to the ground.

"Take this! Ora!" Bellatrix timed her jump so she would release her attack when it landed on the ground.

Her hulking sword's jet engines roared and she swung with all her might. But the juggernaut was of course not a little bitch.

Its long limbs extended and stabbed through Bellatrix's side because she tried to dodge while in midair.

"Bellatrix!" Her sisters shouted out and they went on a rage. Their horns appeared and their eyes turned to slits.

Gareth saw their new forms and felt their bloodlust soar like a rocket. Alexis roared and ditched her weapons. Raising her arms as she leapt above the downed juggernaut that just landed.

She gave it a hammer fist and its head crashed down to the ground with an audible crack on its shell.

Argento held onto two of its legs and started swinging it around. When she reached maximum velocity, Arcene kicked the juggernaut.

It flew away like a bullet and Gareth couldn't believe his eyes. Even Finn who turned into a berserker could only look at their rage fueled frenzy in awe.

"Leave now, take Riveria to the 18th floor. You do not want to be here right now." Shenlong who was the most calm instructed.

Gareth and Finn hesitated for a moment. But they could see the look in their eyes. They're out for blood and they could be next.

Gareth carried Riveria at once and Finn quickly took care of the enemies on their way easily.

Back at the battlefield, the previous juggernaut died and the dungeon was in a pinch. So it summoned another one, much stronger. It was level 8.

Alexis sighed and steam got released from her mouth. Her dagger like teeth shining at the light, her body heating up like a furnace asshe used up more and more energy.

The juggernaut disappeared from its place and tried stabbing Alexis, thinking that its speed was unmatched.

But her sisters backed her up and the sword wielding commandos gave a pincer assault. Their blade aimed right at its joints with extreme precision and accuracy.

The juggernaut parried their attacks and its shell almost got sliced by the sharpness of their blade. Argento threw Arcene at the monster like she was a missile.

The juggernaut tried biting her off from the air but Arcene held onto its jaws just like King Kong. Shenlong threw her spear and Arcene bent her body. The spear struck true at the palate of the juggernaut and it thrashed on the ground.

Glaring at Shenlong hatefully. Celeste and Musubi willed lightning and superheated steam on the juggernaut. But its shell glowed and runes appeared on its body. Absorbing their magic.

"Can't get hurt by magic eh?" Tora cracked her neck and disappeared from her place like an assassin. Her dash made the ground crack as the dungeon floor trembled.

With her clawed hands, she tried piercing through its head, but the juggernaut countered with its own claws.

Laplace created a steel beam and threw it at Alexis. She then kicked it towards the monster who was distracted against Tora's barrage of hit and run attacks.

The steel beam hit it right on the back of the head and stunned it. Aurum then coated her hands with space quakes and she got a boost from Argento and Arcene as they threw her right at the enemy.

Aurum's fist hit it right on the body and the air cracked from her uppercut. The juggernaut got squashed on the ceiling and an earthquake shaked the dungeon.

Adventurers and monsters alike lost their balance. Finn and Gareth looked behind them and started to sweat. "That was for sure, the girls. Now I know why Shen wanted us to get out of there. I don't wanna be nearby when they fight like that."

Finn imagined what the hell they were doing back there and Gareth nodded. "Those jou-chans are really scar-" He couldn't finish his sentence as something erupted from the ground and they saw it was the mangled juggernaut.

One by one, the girls came from the hole and Anahaat was the first to arrive. She then held it on the head, barely alive.

She smashed its head on a nearby wall and kicked it right to Musubi. Her sister redirected the body's momentum and held on to its broken limb, using it as a handle. Musubi hammered it down on the ground repeatedly and violently.

Finn and Gareth saw their draconic bodies and savagery. It was a sight they'll never forget, they were thrashing the juggernaut on the walls of the dungeon.

And that thing looked to be much larger than when they last saw it. "Ahhh, what an annoying bastard. It's much stronger and harder than the earlier one, it's still alive." Musubi spat on it.

"Let Aurum deal with it. I have taken a piece of it already." Anahaat lost interest on it and Aurum arrived just then.

She coated both of her fists with space quakes once again and the two onlookers felt their instincts flare in danger.

Aurum jumped up above the juggernaut's head and lifted her arms for a hammer fist. She hit its head with a roar. Popping the hard head of the monster as the 19th floor of the dungeon collapsed and its body travelled through the floors like a missile.

The girls started to calm down and Bellatrix was healed up now by Anahaat earlier. Gareth and Finn who hid behind a large rock and held on looked at the girls.

"H-hey! That was dangerous you know!?" Finn shouted out at them nervously and they noticed the trio.

Celeste then went up to Riveria and hit her with a stim. Making the elf wake up after a few seconds as it also recovers magic.

"Wh- what happened?" Riveria looked at the thrashed dungeon and was confused. "They happened is what." Gareth pointed at the girls and they had the gall to sheepishly scratch their heads in embarrassment.

"Let's go, we don't need to stop by Rivira anymore. Just skip through it all and rest at home." Anahaat ordered and they went back to the surface.

Meanwhile, Rivira of course felt the MOAB and was in a panic. They also received the news about the monster parade at the 24th floor.

The adventurers took a lot of time because they reported it to the guild and prepared a large group that would exterminate the monsters.

But they stopped when they felt the intense tremors that resulted from the bomb. And after just a few minutes, they felt quakes again.

Making the adventurers fear what was happening down below. Panic started to set in and paranoia made the people flee from the dungeon.

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The trio of Loki's familia went back to Twilight mansion looking beat up. Which of course made Loki surprised at their appearance.

"What the hell happened to you guys?" Loki immediately pulled them in to her room and demanded to know what transpired in the dungeon.

"The girls are honestly too strong. We arrived at the 24th floor of the dungeon with just their own strength and we would return back to the surface." Finn started explaining and Loki thought it was natural, given their statuses.

"But we encountered a monster parade in the 24th floor. A huge one, my Rea Laevateinn didn't even make a dent on their numbers. They just kept on spawning and spawning." Riveria sighed and thought this day is insane.

"What!? Somebody made a parade and led it to you guys?" Loki was outraged and asked them if they saw who the culprits were.

"We didn't see, but it is probably because of the girls too. Whenever we actually encounter monsters, they always spawned more wherever the girls were. We actually checked when we searched for monsters and their amount was just normal with us." Gareth added.

"And you must have gotten the report already? That the dungeon was shaking and everyone inside panicked? It's because of them too, they created a horrible explosive that destroyed everything in a one mile radius." Finn was able to approximate it from the epicenter and shivered when he remembered it exploding.

Loki gasped and thought that bomb could cause massive damages to Orario. "And then? That doesn't explain why you guys are so scared."

Their goddess noticed that the two were shaken and they probably saw something inside the dungeon.

"A black monster then appeared. It was really dangerous Loki, it was level 6. I used my magic and attacked it, but its shell was so hard, my attacks just gave it scratched and small dents." Finn frowned and Loki furrowed her brows.

"But that's the thing. The next two earthquakes that shaked the dungeon came from the girls..." Gareth informed Loki and they waited for their goddess and Riveria to internalize that.

Loki then looked at them with a nod so they could continue. "The girls hit the thing so hard it flew across multiple floors of the dungeon. And we are not even sure it was even the same monster. It was larger than the level 6 one." The boys explained and speculated.

"Alright, alright. Don't tell this to anyone else. And that monster, do you guys know how it appeared?" Loki of course can't ignore that information.

"We don't know, but it appeared just right after the explosion that Laplace made." Finn remembered it spawn quickly after the monsters just died.

"I see, I don't have to tell you this again. But I don't want you to tell this to anyone or even the guild. Evilus might use the information to spawn it again and let it kill tons of people." It came from the dungeon even though they have never seen it before. Which means that the thing can appear once again. And if Finn can't damage it properly even if he uses his magic, then even Freya's Ottar can't do it.

"Go and rest then guys. Give me a more detailed report later when you wake up, I know you're tired." Loki dismissed them and she had her suspicions.

"Evilus, you won't last long. When those girls learn that monster parades aren't natural. They will hunt you down like pigs." Loki opened her eyes and was thankful for being in an alliance with them. Because they will surely dominate Orario quickly and every familia will be left in the dust.

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Thanks for reading, anyways. Ciao.